Ranchi: Missionaries of Charity staff arrested for selling newborn baby
Ranchi, July 5 (IBNS): The police on Wednesday arrested a woman staff working at the Ranchi Missionaries of Charity, a charitable trust founded by Mother Teresa, for allegedly selling infants born to unwed mothers, who deliver babies at the institution, media reports said.
Two nuns have also been detained in connection with the case.
An FIR has been lodged under Section 370 of IPC.
The FIR was lodged based on the complaint of Child Welfare Committee.
The fact that a child was missing from the institution came to light when CWC members went on regular inspection.
On being questioned, a nun told CWC members that the mother of the newborn child has taken him away.
When the mother was contacted she said she did not have the child with her.
On further probe, it was revealed that the child was sold to a UP-based family to for Rs 1.2 lakhs.
The UP family reportedly told CWC that the money was taken from them as "hospital fees."
While Missionaries of Charity stopped adoption in 2015, the Ranchi based unit continued to do so.
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